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How many breastfeeding moms also pump/use a bottle?

I sadly did not have success with my fairs daughter so now I am due in Aug and determined to breastfeed. I am a stay at home mommy, soon to possibly have a part time at home job. I keep talking to moms that I know who breastfed and they all keep telling me "oh I have left over freezer bags" and telling me what kind of bottles they like, and I'm like wait what are you talking about if I am going to breastfeed I'm not sticking a bottle in her mouth! These moms are also stay at home moms so I know they have the same opportunity as I do to not bottle feed. Also at the same time they are like "don't use a pacifier! they wont latch on!" lol same thing as a bottle right?! Am I nuts or do I have a valid point?

I don't use bottles but it's because DD won't take them. I also don't respond well to pumps. I do keep 2-3 2 oz bottles (in bags) just in case. But really- she's had maybe 3 bottles total @ nearly 8 months. I'm not away from her that long (or often).

I use a pump and a bottle and my baby still latches fine, i dont believe in nipple confusion i think babys get lazy because drinking from a bottle is alot easier than drinking from a breast, at the start i couldnt breastfeed i had to use a nipple shield and pump because i had flat nipples but from 2 weeks old i managed to latch her successfully and we havnt looked back to the shield, i still pump milk as and bottle feed sometimes when my partner looks after her so i can have a nap it is possible to do both

I work pt so i have a pump and use bottles then. I have a medela pump and ds will only take a medela nipple but thats only if he's in the right mood. When I'm around he only gets fed at the breast. I wish i could be a SAHM, I wouldn't give bottles unless dh and i got a date night once every couple months!! I leave 6 oz for 7 hours being gone and he only drinks 2.5 at the most. He also refuses any sort of paci.. he likes the real thing! WIC called him a smart baby because we've tried every nipple and paci made yet he only takes medela which was the first one we introduced at 6 weeks! The next day we tried a breastflow and he wouldn't take it! Lol

i had to pump with my oldest because i had sooo much extra with her. i would only pump when she wasnt hungry and i hurt so bad from engorgement. when both kids were about 9 months i had to go back on meds so i pumped extra to keep frozen and then bottlefed them breastmilk

i pump. at first i did so id have a freezer stash just in case im out or something but she refuses all cups,bottles and sippies so now i just pump to donate. i do have my own stash since im a doula and do need to leave at times for births and she needs milk then but i dont see the harm in pumping if you want for an occasional bottle once baby is a little bigger. id wait to introduce a bottle til baby is a few weeks old. You want to make sure breastfeeding is established first.

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